Plato

And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill-educated, become the worst?

Plato

And now we go our separate ways, I to die and you to live, which is better God only knows.

Plato

And poets do really know the things about which they seem to the many to speak so well?

Plato

And so at last, instead of loving contention and glory, men become lovers of trade and money; they honour and look up to the rich man, and make a ruler of him, and dishonour the poor man.

Plato

And so, from such early times human beings have had Love for one another inborn in them – Love, reassembler of our ancient nature, who tries to make one out of two and to heal human nature.

Plato

And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it’s to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don’t want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.

Plato

And tell him it’s quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them.

Plato

And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark.

Plato

And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance that we judge well.

Plato

And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth.

Plato